Chapter 9

No matter how arrogant Wei Jiangxue was, her cheeks were soft.

"Take the oatmeal you mentioned that has dried fruit in it."

As she said this, Wei Jiangxue tilted her head back, a faint smile playing on her lips, as if doing so would allow her to see the shelf in front of her.

Mi Rui'an's eyes softened for a moment, and she looked away, no longer staring at Wei Jiangxue.

After browsing through several main shopping areas, the two of them bought everything Wei Jiangxue wanted, but Mi Rui'an didn't put any items into the shopping cart.

Wei Jiangxue couldn't help but ask curiously, "Didn't you pick anything out for yourself at the supermarket? I feel like you've been asking me what I need to buy the whole time."

She touched the items inside and confirmed by their number that they were all the ones she wanted.

"I..." Mi Rui'an began to speak, but suddenly grabbed Wei Jiangxue's arm and pulled her to her side, "Be careful—"

Several lively and energetic Alpha children pushed shopping carts past them, completely disregarding the presence of other customers in the aisle.

The children screamed and ran away. Wei Jiangxue leaned blankly against Mi Rui'an, when she suddenly heard the latter groan.

The scent of blood and roses in the air grew stronger. 233's tone was grave: "I've activated your olfactory shield. Be careful; Mi Rui'an's pheromones are starting to spread outwards with the blood seeping out. Mi Rui'an can't reveal her identity yet. She has a pheromone-covering agent in her pocket. She'll probably ask you for a hand soon; just do as she says."

Just now… the hand that Mi Rui'an used to pull her was her injured left hand. Wei Jiangxue immediately understood the key point: “Mi Rui'an? Your wound has reopened?”

"I have a spray bottle in my handbag, please get it out for me first," Mi Rui'an replied softly, as she had to ask Wei Jiangxue to help her find the item because of the wound on her hand.

After Wei Jiangxue took out the spray, she knew that this was the pheromone covering agent that 233 had mentioned. As soon as the spray was taken out, it was taken by Mi Rui'an. Wei Jiangxue could only tell from the sound that Mi Rui'an was spraying it on her.

Fortunately, there weren't many people in the area where they were, and Mi Rui'an's pheromones didn't have time to spread too far. They were covered up as soon as the incident happened, so Wei Jiangxue didn't hear anything unusual happening around her.

Is the pheromone masking agent very effective? Wei Jiangxue sniffed hard but couldn't smell anything. Only then did she remember that 233 had just shielded her sense of smell.

[System 233: Do you really want something strange to happen around you?]

Wei Jiangxue silently replied to it in her heart. She really wanted to see how powerful Mi Rui'an's pheromones were.

233 paused for a few seconds, then complained about how bad she was.

[System 233: Let's put that aside for now. There's a big problem now, haven't you noticed? You came into contact with the protagonist's pheromones, but why didn't you have any adverse reactions?]

Wei Jiangxue was a little confused. Hadn't the system blocked it for her?

[System 233: Although my response speed is fast, there is still some delay. Considering this time difference and the speed at which Omeg pheromones spread in public places like supermarkets, you have already been exposed to Mi Rui'an's pheromones, but you didn't show any discomfort. This is very strange!!!]

"Why are you spacing out again?" Mi Rui'an suddenly spoke up, interrupting Wei Jiangxue's telepathic communication with the system.

"Ah, I was thinking about your injury. Were you spraying hemostatic spray just now?" Wei Jiangxue pretended not to know. After all, Mi Rui'an was pretending to be a Beta, and Betas do not have pheromones and cannot sense pheromones, so they could not possibly be carrying a pheromone covering agent.

Mi Rui'an, who was standing in front of her, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "Well, the wound is bleeding a little, so I took off the bandage and used a hemostatic spray as an emergency measure."

“This definitely won’t work. Let’s deal with it when we get back to the rented apartment. Thank you for protecting me earlier, otherwise those kids would have bumped into me.” Wei Jiangxue thanked her. “Let’s go pick out what you want to buy.”

After saying that, Wei Jiangxue stretched out her hand to Mi Rui'an, gesturing for her to take it.

Little did Wei Jiangxue know, Mi Rui'an was looking at her with a probing gaze, and it wasn't until Wei Jiangxue couldn't help but try to pull her hand away that Mi Rui'an grabbed her hand.

This is the second time; this Alpha roommate hasn't reacted to her pheromones at all.

Mi Rui'an recalled the descriptions of destined partners, saying that the higher the compatibility, the more they liked each other's pheromones. Even her naturally aggressive Omega pheromones wouldn't harm her destined Alpha, who had a 100% compatibility, because that deadly rose scent would only be seen as lingering and alluring in his eyes.

Could Wei Jiangxue, this arrogant and blind Alpha living in a low-rent apartment, be her destined one? But she doesn't seem to really like his pheromone scent.

This sudden thought almost made Mi Rui'an laugh. How could that be? Not to mention that Mi Rui'an had never wanted to find someone to accompany her in her life, let's talk about Wei Jiangxue.

She raised her eyes, openly scrutinizing and assessing the Alpha.

She has a strange temper, is frail and weak, and her freesia pheromones are just average. She's practically useless except for her face... Well, no, she's alright at singing. She'd be more than qualified to be a popular online streamer.

Moreover, Mi Rui'an was quite certain that Wei Jiangxue was sometimes deliberately provoking and angering her.

Wei Jiangxue looks so innocent, how did she have the guts to do these things?

Wei Jiangxue's face was suddenly pinched. With her eyes wide open, unable to see anything, she searched in confusion for the culprit: "Hey! Mi Rui'an, why did you pinch my face?"

"Sorry, I saw a little bug on your face, so I removed it for you without asking." Mi Rui'an's words were impeccable; the other party meant well.

But Wei Jiangxue still felt something was off, so she gave a vague reply and then went to ask 233 for the truth.

[System 233: Oh, well... I didn't notice either. I was just checking the comments I received in the backend.]

233 sounded flustered, as if busy with something. But 233 would never lie to her about such things; if she didn't see it, she really didn't see it. Now, with only Mi Rui'an's testimony, Wei Jiangxue thought for a moment and reluctantly believed her explanation.

"Don't touch me next time. You need my permission first. Humph, you Beta, you really have no manners." Wei Jiangxue followed beside her, grumbling.

"I will remember this." Mi Rui'an, who was being scolded, was very polite and not angry at all because of Wei Jiangxue's words.

Her gaze fell on the other person's slightly flushed cheeks, the spot she had just touched.

No matter how sharp-tongued Wei Jiangxue is, her cheeks are always soft.

Meanwhile, 233 remembered something and immediately notified Wei Jiangxue: "I was busy shutting down your sense of smell and forgot to mention, because of this little accident, the randomly generated task met the passing standard, so you still received the reward."

In other words, Wei Jiangxue was given the opportunity to regain her vision for 12 hours.

After 233's explanation, this reward is a one-time event, and time cannot be stopped after it is used. This means that Wei Jiangxue must carefully choose when to start using it.

Wei Jiangxue thought about it. Since there was no time when she absolutely needed to use her eyes, she was afraid that if she used this opportunity, it would be even harder for her to adapt to her current life of blindness. So she asked 233 to save the opportunity for her and use it later depending on the situation.

"Let's keep a glimmer of hope," Wei Jiangxue thought. That way, even if she found the tasks ahead difficult, she would still have the motivation to keep going.

*

The initial user 23795238, who appeared in the live stream last time, replied to Wei Jiangxue's private message the next day, and the two added each other's contact information.

Wei Jiangxue diligently followed the "Manual for Maintaining Livestream Sponsors" provided by System 233, sending the other party "Good morning," "Good afternoon," and "Good night" every day. However, this sponsor, who was registering a livestream platform account for the first time, didn't pay much attention to Wei Jiangxue, only sending a message on the first day saying "You sang very well," and then never replied again.

However, every time Wei Jiangxue told her that she had started her live stream, her sugar daddy would appear in the live stream room on time and randomly play a soothing song before the live stream ended.

Wei Jiangxue and 233 discussed it privately and agreed that the other person was someone with money and free time who didn't like to flirt with smaller streamers. With such a big sister in the live streaming room, Wei Jiangxue was quite comfortable and didn't have to worry about making money.

"Thank you! Now you can save your funds in your account for now, 233. We'll invest your money later when we're working on the PK gameplay." Wei Jiangxue had already planned the use of funds from her two major clients: one for the regular live stream and the other for guaranteeing a minimum return when developing new gameplay.

[System 233: Hmm, but it's quite strange. Who exactly is on the other end? I tried to check their identity, but I couldn't find out. Every time I tracked them down to the very last bit, it would be blocked by a new security lock.]

Wei Jiangxue was also curious, but she still said, "Since we can't find out the other side's identity, then let it go. Anyway, it won't do us any harm. I've calculated the time, and we'll be able to return to my world in about two more months. After you and I leave, there's no need to worry about these things anymore."

Today, as usual, Wei Jiangxue sent a notification to this sponsor to start her live stream. The sponsor appeared in the live stream room on time and, as always, used an expensive special effects gift to kick off Wei Jiangxue's work for the day.

[System 233: Our patron asked me to ask you if you could sing her a song separately at the end of your live stream today.]

Wei Jiangxue was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded: "Okay, sister, I can learn anything you want to hear."

The moment the term "sister" was uttered, the comments section went wild. 233 ignored the various crazy quotes in the comments and focused on waiting for the big client's reply.

The initial user 23795238 had changed her ID to "Mi", so Wei Jiangxue and 233 secretly called her Mimi behind her back.

[System 233: Mimi said she wants to hear a lullaby.]